Housecooling — Les Petites Gourmettes

Ingredients

• 2 pounds pitted and roughly chopped ripe peaches
• 1 bunch fresh mint
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon lime zest
• 2 cups freshly squeezed lime juice, divided
• 4 cups light rum
• 8 cups ginger beer, chilled
• Ice
• Garnish Picks: 12 to 14 bamboo picks
• Candied ginger slices (I find them at Trader Joe’s)
• Mint tips (from the bunch above)
• 1 or 2 ripe peaches, pitted and sliced
• 3 or 4 small limes, cut into quarters